Erdal Tercan

Erdal Tercan (14 December 1961-) was a member of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 7 January 2011.

Biography
Erdal Tercan was born on 14 December 1961 in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey to a Sunni Muslim family. In 1985, he graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, and he enrolled in private law. In 1996, he became an assistant professor in the Department of Bankruptcy Law, and his educational career allowed for him to become a member of the Constitutional Court of Turkey on 7 January 2011. On 16 July 2016, he was arrested by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party government after the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.